Stupid Movie Trends: Movies Inspired by Breakfast Cereals

With the cost of movies skyrocketing, studios have turned to established brands with built-in name recognition to help sell their films. As the mega-successful Pirates of the Caribbean franchise has shown, a movie can be built around anything - a theme park ride, old TV shows (Dukes of Hazzard, Charlie's Angels, etc...), video games (Tomb Raider, Doom), board games (Clue) and even those outdated things called books.

But as the list of established brand names shrinks, some Hollywood producers have started thinking outside the box - the cereal box, that is. If you can base a movie on a ride or a game - why not base it on a breakfast cereal? Here are a few breakfast cereals that could easily be turned into tomorrow's summer blockbusters.

Top Ten Breakfast Cereals that Should Be Made into Movies

10. Cap'n Crunch

Johnny Depp returns to the high seas as Captain Jack Crunch in this exciting pirate adventure film. Instead of imitating Keith Richards, Depp plans to model the Crunch character on Mr. Magoo from the 60's cartoon of the same name.

9. Franken Berry

Primed for a Halloween release this ghoulish tale of a sweet, misunderstood monster reportedly has drawn Tim Burton's interest.

8. Fruit & Fibre

This cereal makes for the classic romantic comedy/buddy movie. With Angelina Jolie as the "fruit" and the super-hunk Matt Damon as the "fiber", this cereal has franchise potential with sequels, Fruit & Fibre: Harvest Medley and the ensemble Fruit & Fibre: Dates, Raisins, Walnuts and Oat Clusters, already built in.

7. Basic 4

Think Fantastic 4, without the super powers. This spoof of America's favorite team of superheroes reportedly has the Wayan's Brothers interested in both writing and directing.

6. Grape-Nuts

Robin Williams and Jack Black in a comedy about competing Napa Valley winery owners who will stop at nothing to win the Winery of the Year competition. Reports through the grapevine suggest that Francis Ford Coppola is slated to direct.

5. Honeycomb

From the producers of The Bee Movie, comes this taut, psychological thriller about the seductive worldwide crime organization known only as - The Honeycomb.

4. Kix

The feel-good sports movie of the year, Cuba Gooding Jr. takes his team of loveable soccer misfits and turns them into champions.

3. Cheerios

This British comedy of manners is slated to be directed by a former Monty Python member.

2. Total

Total destruction. Total mayhem. Total annihilation. Vin Diesel is back as secret agent John Total in this summer's must-see action blockbuster.

1. Life

This touching drama stars Meryl Streep and Robin Williams as they cope with growing old with dignity and grace. In the end they find not death, but Life.

Some Honorable Mentions:

Of course, not every breakfast cereal has what it takes to make a great movie. Here are a few that didn't quite make the cut. Maybe they can become TV series instead.

Product 19

The secret formula known only as Product 19 has fallen into the wrong hands and must be recaptured before it can destroy all life on Earth.

Nut and Honey

Another buddy cop movie. This one was slated to star Lindsay Lohan as "nut" and Paris Hilton as "honey" as the two most unlikely officers in the history of the force to ever solve a crime. Unfortunately the production was unable to obtain insurance to shoot the movie due to the erratic behavior of its stars. The pair was also slated to star in the basketball comedy "Froot Loops", but were pulled for the same reason.

King Vitamin

John Goodman was set to star, but after the King Ralph fiasco, this movie was put in turn-around.

So there you have it -- ten of the stupidest movie ideas of all time. But oddly enough, they sound better than some of the movies I've seen recently.